A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine (1876)
Ewbank, Thomas, 1792-1870 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 359
all cases the hose had better be con-nected to the bottom of tlie air chamber, or to its siile near the bottom,as in Nos. US, \o2 155. Very long chambers (as the one in No 150) Chap. 8.] I^ex- York Fire-Engine. 34( retard ih.^ issue of iho 1i|uic] more than others which discharge it frorethe top,… … No. 154. New-Yoik City Fire-engine. In exterior decoration American engines are probably unrivaled: thefiremen take pride in ornamenting their respective machines, and hencemost of them are finished in the most superb and expensive manner. Thewhole of the iron work, except the tire of the wheels,…
Pumping machinery
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